Sr. Maintenance Technician - PLC

Overview

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality, most affordable bottled water.

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

The Sr. Maintenance Technician-PLC ensures equipment uptime through timely, in-depth electrical troubleshooting of 480

VAC & 24

VDC components. The role has strong working knowledge of all operating systems in the plant including but not limited to Allen Bradley (AB), B&R automation, Siemens, and Zenon. The Sr. Maintenance Technician-PLC acts as a subject matter expert on behalf of the plant in frequency drives, human machine interface (HMI), plant operating systems and data collection/system backups. It performs troubleshooting and repair of facilities and auxiliary equipment and general electrical maintenance of the building and grounds.

It works directly with Maintenance Technicians, machine Operators, Supervisors and Managers to resolve electrical and mechanical issues. It develops and implements best practices aligned with Niagara s maintenance strategies and champions continuous improvement efforts through preventative and predictive maintenance processes, assisting with training in focus areas.

• Adhere to and enforce highest standards in safety and good manufacturing practices plant-wide
• Train and lead Operators, Mechanics and Supervisors on technical procedures related to high-speed bottle manufacturing and packaging
• Work directly with plant leadership to develop and execute projects involving continuous improvement, upgrades, and the resolution of re-occurring problems
• Rapid identification of machine problems to minimize equipment downtime with root cause analysis conducted to prevent re-occurrence
• Partner with other Sr. Maintenance Technician to resolve cross-functional problems
• Use available software systems to analyze and identify issues to drive throughput performance
• Define requirements and lead overhaul efforts to rebuild equipment to like-new status during planned downtime
• Transfer knowledge to Niagara team members to develop operating and troubleshooting procedures in the following areas of bottling production specialization:
  • Blow molding, including PET processing, machine set-up, mold changes, and quality inspection systems
  • Filling/capping, beverage processing methods, cap feeding systems with light closures, vision inspections systems and laser date coders, quality/sanitation standards, and conveying systems
  • Labeling technology, roll-fed and/or cut and stack, machine set-up, hot melt gluing systems, and conveying systems
  • Dry-end packaging including case packers, case conveyors, conventional and robotic palletizers, and stretch wrappers. Machine set-up required for all pack size changes
  • Common OEMs for production equipment:
    Krones, Sidel, KHS, Sacmi, Tech Long

• Transfer knowledge to Niagara team members to develop operating and troubleshooting procedures in the following areas of injection technology:
  • Husky injection molding machines consisting of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical systems
  • Auxiliary systems including resin handling/blending, resin drying, dehumidification, vision inspection, conveying, and cooling systems
  • Mold systems, internal hot runner and cold half maintenance, identification of component wear and troubleshooting through detailed inspection of produced products
  • Plastic processing at high speeds while maintaining tight part tolerances and acceptable levels of acetaldehyde (AA)

• Create SOPs for troubleshooting machines, and upload them to BDA system
• Regular and predictable attendance, as well as required on-call availability, are essential functions of the job to ensure equipment and facility up-time
• Ability to stand or walk for extended periods of time in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs

Minimum Qualifications:

• 6 Years - Experience in an electrical maintenance environment
• 6 Years - Experience in the position
• 4 Years - Experience managing people/projects

* experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Effective communication of issues and solutions to cross-functional team members
• Ability to read and interpret schematics: electrical and instrumentation diagrams
• Familiarity with all basic hand tools, multi-meter and PLC hardware (I/O modules, communication modules, CPUs and safety relays)
• Knowledgeable on RSLogix 5000, SIMATIC Step 7 and Factory Talk Studio
• Willingness to be a technical leader and trainer within the automation and electrical area of the plant or machine center
• Skilled in the repair of variable frequency drives, servomotors and controllers, communication systems (AS-i, CAN-bus, PROFI-bus, Ethernet), PLC I/O cards, and safety modules
• Demonstrated…